If, SOMEHOW, you haven’t seen her in Friends, then you’ve probs seen her in one of her big Hollywood movies - like the tear-jerking Marley & Me, or the whimsical Just Go With It. On TV and the big screen, she's stunned us with incredible acting skills.

But what if she hadn’t?

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As it turns out, before Friends, Jennifer was on the verge of giving up acting for GOOD.

Jen starred in the horror film Leprechaun, the teen film Camp Cucamonga, and another few television series such as Quantum leap, Herman’s Head and more… but none gave her the breakthrough she needed.

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Of course Jenn was tiring of this, wondering if her big moment would ever come. But during this period, Jen found herself at a petrol garage in LA when the head of NBC Entertainment, Warren Littlefield, was filling up his car.

"[It's] 10:30 p.m. at night on Sunset Boulevard, I’m at the Chevron station gassing up and Jennifer is over at the other island and she comes over and she says, ‘Is it ever going to happen?’ and I say, 'We believe in you, I love you, I so believe in your talent, I’m sure it will.'

A few months later, we handed her the 'Friends' script."

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Honestly we’re sat here trying to imagine all these big Hollywood movies like Bruce Almighty, The Good Girl and Along Came Polly without her and we just find ourselves in a world where we don’t want to exist.

Thank GOD for Friends.

Here's Every Single Detail Revealed About Phoebe's Dark Past

Here's Every Single Detail Revealed About Phoebe's Dark Past

Want to know all about the dark past poor Phoebe suffered in Friends before she met the gang? Search no further. Here's everything we know. 1. She has a twin who's a waitress but they don't speak.

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2. That twin sister used to do porn.

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3. She was married to a gay ice dancer. (Which just sounds like a whole lot of fun, tbh.)

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4. Her mother killed herself, her stepdad was sent to prison, she moved to New York alone and lived with an Albino guy who also killed himself. Then she found aromatherapy.

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5. Her dad left her. :(

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6. Her grandmother told her that her dad was the guy that comes in the frame.

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7. Her sister stole her boyfriend, Randy Brown, she then broke his heart and Randy never talked to Phoebe again.

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8. She thinks nothing sad happened to her when she was younger. But Monica reminded her that she lived on the streets.

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9. Her dad subconsciously inspired the song Smelly Cat from the lullaby he sang to her as a child called Sleepy Girl.

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10. Her mum put her head in an oven... and we all know how that ended.

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11. Her stepdad's tradition was selling his own blood to buy Phoebe and her sister food on their birthdays.

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12. Her mum worked on a barge. YOU NEVER RUN ON A BARGE.

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13. When she was a child she had a barrel.

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14. She used to have to run away from Satan, her neighbour's dog.

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15. She never had a bike. But her neighbour gave her the box that her bike came in and Phoebe and her stepdad used to drag each other around on it.

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16. Her mum had a skull that she would display at Christmas to remind her that people still died on Christmas.

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17. Her mum used to not show her the end of sad movies, like Old Yeller for example.

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18. She feels her mum next to her sometimes. Her ghost, that is.

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19. Her mother was a drug dealer.

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20. The Chelsea Reporter used to keep her so warm.

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21. If you want to keep your food you have to learn how to scare people off, she learned that on the streets.

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22. She hates Sesame Street because she wrote to them when her mother died asking for help and instead they sent her a keyring. Which was useless because she lived in a box.

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23. In Junior High there was a period where she thought she was a witch.